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Psychomanteum :Mirror Gazing

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By Yolanda DestaPublished about a year ago 4 min read
Psychomanteum :Mirror Gazing
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Death the final frontier maybe and maybe not.

There is simply no way to avoid the final destination that everything in life must arrive at, including our bodies, money, houses, and cars. Death is the ultimate mystery, and because it creeps within and haunts us, we always question what it truly is and whether there is life even after death. This is something that is really difficult for me to fully understand.

The question of what death actually is and whether there is life after death has been pursued by countless individuals throughout history. Some of the approaches employed to address these questions are, shall we say, more traditional than others.

However, there is another way that is a Monda rose-less travel when it comes to trying to find out what is in the great beyond of death cycle mantium, which is a specific practice of mirrored gazing and which many people use to unravel the mysteries of death. Of course, there is religion, but there are also things like séances and even psychic sessions. The term "psychomanteum" refers to an older form of necromancy that was utilized in ancient Greece. Then, as now, people pondered life's purpose and asked, "What is that even in what can be considered the antiquity of human beings?"

They traveled to oracles and temples known as necro maintains where a series of rites would take place all to bridge the divide between life and death to communicate to family members and other people who had died. One of the replies to a light beyond the veil in death and possibly beyond. Animal sacrifice was occasionally a part of these rituals, but there were also long hallways polished to be as reflective as possible. In this hallway, the light will be dimmed with only the use of lamps in a slight flickering that hit off the water to create a reflective surface similar to a mirror. Many Greeks did not think they could see into its mirrored surface.

Despite the fact that I strongly oppose it, mirror gazing has once again become popular and has established itself in modern society. However, this would not have been possible without the renowned philosopher and psychologist Dr. Raymond Moody, who has dedicated his life to researching near-death experiences.

What is gained from these experiences is supposedly very personal and specific, so how does this work? Dr. Moody's method of mirror gazing psychomanteum is obviously without the animal sacrifices of antiquity in ancient Greece instead the use of the mirror in this modern day practice is more as a medium or conduit for divination. There is preliminary work and preparation to be done, much to the ritualistic practices found in ancient Greece. There is considerable internal trying that must parallel the efforts of the mirror medium in psychomanteum, which is not just about setting up some mirrors and angling them in to try to cause some awakening or call out to Mary or anything.

Again, I don't advise doing this, but Dr. Moody has assisted in the development of precise procedures for establishing an atmosphere virtually anywhere to conduct your own mirror gazing experience, your own personal psychomanteum. Here's how it operates. First meal Food has a big impact on who we are, whether we realize it or not, and how we influence what we do and, more importantly, how we do it. A productive moody advice is to cut out caffeine from dairy products at least a day ahead and keep it out altogether.

Next, choose a relaxing and calming environment that is quiet and disconnected from the outside world so that when something like this happens in the mirror, no one can hear you scream. This also relates to taking off anything that is considered material, like watches and jewelry or clothing occasionally, awareness mood posture all of that also affects the experience, and being in a supportive chair or seat to ease that is important.

The mirror-gazing experience, according to Dr. Moody, may last around a minute, but for those who have done so, it can occasionally linger much longer. The psychomanteum experience itself consists of different attributes such as trance-like meditative States, the sensation of heaviness in the arm, tingling fingers occasionally, and distortions in the mirror itself. Remaining passive and not taking an active role, save for perhaps having a prepared question in mind, is the most advantageous to gaining insight into successfully communicating with the dead in the experience you know.

In our human quest to understand life, it shouldn't be underestimated the critical and parallel role that death place in our perception of light so the two are linked in it is only natural while we are alive some of us try to explore what death is and seek to understand it. However, to borrow a phrase from a time long past and from a poet who had a different kind of insight into UV reading from that of a mirror gazing, death be not proud in our human quest to understand life it shouldn't be underestimated.

I'm not encouraging you to try this in the slightest; however, if you have, please share your experience in the comments section below. As I mentioned earlier, I've tried the Bloody Mary game. After getting caught out the third time, I think I was in the process of asking myself why I was doing it; however, I became too afraid and walked away, which I now consider to be one of the wisest decisions of my life.

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Yolanda Desta

Am an avid reader, started writing stories when l was 8 or less l cant remember.

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